Boulsa weather in August

In August, Boulsa sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 170 mm of rain across 19.8 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Boulsa's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boulsa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
12th warmest
Overnight low
24°
5th coldest
Rainfall
170 mm
19.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:54 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
71%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Boulsa is village in Burkina Faso.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Boulsa reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Boulsa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Boulsa weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°0011.35.6
Feb35° / 21°00.111.63.5
Mar38° / 24°10.411.91.2
Apr39° / 27°71.812.30.4
May38° / 28°175.312.61.1
Jun35° / 26°418.512.72.6
Jul32° / 24°9715.512.73.3
Aug31° / 24°17019.812.43.4
Sep32° / 24°8912.912.13.5
Oct35° / 24°194.811.72.7
Nov35° / 21°00.111.43.0
Dec33° / 18°0011.35.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23466
33367
43268
53268
63169
73070
83070
93070
102872
112872
122872
132872
142872
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212872
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313664

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Boulsa gets around 170 mm of rain over 19.8 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 63% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
159
259
360
460
561
661
762
862
963
1063
1163
1264
1364
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1564
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1764
1864
1964
2064
2164
2264
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2564
2664
2764
2864
2964
3063
3163

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 99% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11990
21990
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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59calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:516:25
212.65:526:25
312.55:526:25
412.55:526:24
512.55:526:24
612.55:526:24
712.55:526:23
812.55:536:23
912.55:536:22
1012.55:536:22
1112.55:536:22
1212.55:536:21
1312.55:536:21
1412.45:536:20
1512.45:546:20
1612.45:546:19
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.36 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.36 kWh/m² to a high of 6.79 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.36 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Boulsa

In seasonPeak

None of Boulsa's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Boulsa sees seasonal dust haze (February–July), heaviest in March.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Boulsa?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Boulsa.

What to pack for Boulsa in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Boulsa sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Boulsa in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Boulsa peaks around March 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 14UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Boulsa in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Boulsa is worst in February — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 2277 µg/m³Aug 1416 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan65Unhealthy
Feb77Unhealthy
Mar77Unhealthy
Apr58Unhealthy
May34Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct33Moderate
Nov40Poor
Dec54Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Boulsa?

Boulsa sits at 12.7°N, 0.6°W, 313 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Yalgo, 42 km away.

PouytengaMogtédoKorsimoroBogandéKoupéla

Topography around Boulsa

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Boulsa.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boulsa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 317 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m.

The land around Boulsa is covered by grassland (51%) and cropland (28%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
50 m
16 km
87 m
80 km
247 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Yalgo 42 km · Barogo 44 km · Zorgo 47 km · Pouytenga 49 km · Mogtédo 51 km · Korsimoro 56 km · Bogandé 58 km · Koupéla 59 km

Burkina Faso travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,148
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
31
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 64%Roman Catholic 20%Animiste 9%Protestant 6%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Boulsa (12.6666°, -0.5747°, elevation 313 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).